This textbook was designed by a former Flight Paramedic of 15 years, as well as a Commercial Rated Helicopter and Airplane, and an FAA licensed CFI and CFI-I for both helicopters and airplanes. This class is provocative, direct, and will address scenarios that have occurred in recent years in air medical; which had one of the largest death rates in the history of HEMS. We will teach the participant to make informed decisions about weather, learn to interpret weather, trends, synopses, and forecasts. We will address how to interpret METARS, FA's, and TAFS. Emergency survival skills will be addressed, as well as FAA Rules and Regulations concerning the HEMS environment. We also look at case studies of various crashes and examine the weather that was reporting at the time and conclude what could have been done differently. This book is the most needed book in aviation, and air medical industry, and will aid the participant in making informed decisions, so they can decide whether a "go or no-go" is best.

THE BEST RESOURCE A PILOT CAN HAVE TO UNDERSTAND HOW TO FLY IN ALL TYPES OF WEATHER How do you improve on the best guide for pilots to learn how to fly in all kinds of weather? The answer is the Fifth Edition of Weather Flying. Regarded as the bible of weather flying, this aviation classic not only continues to make complex weather concepts understandable for even the least experienced of flyers, but has now been updated to cover new advances in technology. At the same time, this respected text still retains many of its original insights from over four decades of publication, provided by renowned weather flying veteran Robert N. Buck. In a straightforward style, new author Robert O. Buck (son of the book's original author) delves into how computers, personal electronic devices, electronic flight instrument systems, and other technologies are changing the way general aviation pilots fly weather. He addresses the philosophy and discipline required to use these systems, what they are really telling us, and their task as supplement to good flying sense. The updated Fifth Edition also discusses how to handle changes in FSS weather briefing, including a look at new weather information products and airborne datalink weather information as they affect weather flying. This new edition features: Discussions of weather information--what it is, how to get it, and how to use it Explanations of various weather phenomena and how they affect a flight Updates on the new GPS and smart technology used in weather flying Changes in weather information and briefi ngs Descriptions of improved anti- and deicing systems Serious discussion of the pilot-electronics interface Now more than ever, having the Bucks' Weather Flying at the controls is the next best thing to having the authors with you in the cockpit.

At the outset of his book, Dennis Newton reminds readers that Severe Weather Flying is not about flying in severe weather, but about how to detect and therefore avoid it, with advice on how to escape it if you become caught in it accidentally. Author Dennis Newton is a meteorologist, weather research pilot, engineering test pilot, ATP, and flight instructor, and he speaks pilot to pilot in this valuable guide on how not to fly severe weather.

**Color Version! Latest versions as of 2019** This guide is intended to help general aviation (GA) pilots, especially those with relatively little weather flying experience, develop skills in obtaining appropriate weather information, interpreting the data in the context of a specific flight, and applying the information and analysis to make safe weather flying decisions. It has been developed with assistance and contributions from a number of weather experts, aviation researchers, air traffic controllers, and general aviation instructors and pilots. Special thanks are due to Dr. Dennis Beringer and Dr. William Knecht of the FAA's Civil Aviation Medical Institute (CAMI); Dr. Michael Crognale, Department of Psychology and Biomedical Engineering, University of Nevada/Reno; Dr. Douglas Wiegmann, Institute of Aviation, University of Illinois; Dr. B.L. Beard and Colleen Geven of the NASA Ames Research Center; Dr. Paul Craig, Middle Tennessee State University; Paul Fiduccia, Small Aircraft Manufacturers Association; Max Trescott, SJFlight; Arlynn McMahon, Aero-Tech Inc.; Roger Sharp, Cessna Pilot Centers; Anthony Werner and Jim Mowery, Jeppesen-Sanderson; Howard Stoodley, Manassas Aviation Center; Dan Hoefert; Lawrence Cole, Human Factors Research and Engineering Scientific and Technical Advisor, FAA; Ron Galbraith, FAA Air Traffic Controller, Denver ARTCC; Michael Lenz, FAA General Aviation Certification and Operations Branch, Dr. Rich Adams, Engineering Psychologist, FAA Flight Standard Service; and Dr. William K. Krebs, Human Factors Research and Engineering Scientific and Technical Advisor, FAA.

Written for pilots who want to improve their flight weather forecasting skills, this manual provides an in-theory and logic of aviation weathercasting and an analysis of 46 instrument flight rules (IFR) cross-country airplane in all seasons. Each flight episode is illustrated with pre-takeoff upper-level and surface weather chart, which clearly traces the progress of the flight and the actual in-flight weather conditions.